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Malachite Kingfisher (Mainland), Corythornis cristatus cristatus, 12cm. / 5in. COMMON and widespread in East Africa in all types of water with fringing vegetation. Photographed handheld from a small boat.
Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya.
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Black-bellied Sunbird, Cinnyris nectarinioides nectarinioides, 10 - 13 cm / 4 - 5 in. COMMON in semi-arid habitat.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Trilling Cisticola, Cisticola woosnami woosnami, 14cm / 4.5in. COMMON in a wide variety of grassland with scattered bush and trees.
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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European Roller, Coracias garrulus garrulus, 31 cm / 12 in. COMMON Palearctic winter visitor and passage migrant. Bushed and wooded grassland.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya,
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Female Von der Decken's Hornbill, Tockus deckeni, 48cm. / 19in. Widespread and COMMON in dry bushed and wooded grassland from sea level to 1,700 meters.
Mzuma Springs, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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Diagnostic African Hawk-Eagle, Aquila spilogaster, 68 cm / 27 in. Record shot of a quite distant bird. Fairly COMMON in open woodland, bush and semi-arid habitat but none came in close.
Arabuko Sokoke Forest, Kilifi, Coast, Kenya.
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Kori Bustard, Ardeotis kori struthiunculus, 105-135 cm. / 3 ft. 5 in- 4 ft 5 in. COMMON. Open grassy haitat and short grass near isolated trees and bushes. Plains, arid plateaus, high veld grassland, arid scrub, lightly-wooded savanna, open dry bush veld and semi-desert. Not found in wooded or forested habitat because this is the largest flying bird of Africa and requires a lot of open space in which to take flight.
Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, Africa
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Black-necked Weaver, Ploceus nigricollis nigricollis, 14 cm. / 5.5 in. Widespread, but never numerous in a variety of habitat.
Tsavo West National Park, Kenya.
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lilac breasted roller
Nukuru National Park
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The male is mainly glossy black with white streaking, but females and immature birds are browner. The African darter differs in appearance from the American darter most recognisably by its thin white lateral neck stripe against a rufous background colour. The pointed bill should prevent confusion with cormorants.
It is an 80 cm long cormorant-like fish-eating species with a very long neck, like other anhingas.
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Swamp Flycatcher, Muscicapa aquatica infulata, 14cm. / 5.5in. Restricted to Western Kenya there it is COMMON around swamps, papyrus reed beds and along lake shores.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Black Crake, Zapornia flavirostra, 20cm. / 8in. Widespread and often COMMON on any lake or small pond with fringing and floating vegetation. Handheld from the boat.
Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya.
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Grasshopper Buzzard, Butastur rufipennis, 44cm / 17in. Visitors from Northern tropics to open dry bush country, and bushed and wooded grassland.
Kakamega Forest, Kenya.
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Female Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra, 13cm. / 5in. COMMON Palearctic passage migrant in grassland and cultivation.
Kakamega Forest Nature Reserve, Kakamega, Western Region, Kenya.
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Immature Auger Buzzard, Buteo augur, 60cm / 24in. Fairly COMMON resident of open country. rocky outcrops and cultivation. Auger means "piercer" (like the tool).
Maasai Mara, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Water Thick-Knee, Burhinus vermiculatus vermiculatus, 41 cm. / 16 in. COMMON near water of all types, including lakes, river sandbanks, coastal creeks and lagoons, and offshore islands.
Sabaki River Mouth, Kenya.
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Madagascar Bee-eater, Olive Bee-eater, Merops superciliosus superciliosus, 30cm. / 12in. Non-breeding visitor from the south to bushed and wood habitat, often near water.
Tsavo West National Park, Taita Taveta, Kenya.
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Sokoke Scops-Owl, Otus ireneae, 15 cm. / 6 in. ENDANGERED. Endemic to coastal forest. Rufous morph and gray-brown morph.
Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Coast Province, Kenya.
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Male Magpie Mannikin, Spermestes fringilloides, 13cm / 5in. Very local and UNCOMMON in forest edge, secondary growth and cultivation. There occur two widely separated populations. Handheld.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Trans Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Unlike so many other birds, it is said that most raptors don’t serenade at mating time. There are apparently exceptions to every rule, however, and so this elegant bird of prey has been most appropriately named the Eastern Chanting Goshawk. The male is noted to chant or sing from a high perch at mating time. This African accipiter, like so many birds of prey, will generally choose perches on one of the highest spots in an area. It makes the job of hunting easier but also makes the bird easy to see. #EasternChantingGoshawk